Slatnik, 2022

The gentle way into Radikon: two weeks on skins rather than three months, so it's lighter and fruitier. Tangerine, dried flowers, a little mint.

Slatnik takes its name from a village near the Radikon cellar in Oslavia, and it belongs to Saša Radikon's S line, wines given about two weeks on their skins instead of the family's usual three months. Still orange, but lighter and fruitier. Tangerine and blood orange, dried flowers, a curl of incense and a fresh-mint lift. Chardonnay leads, with a fifth Friulano. Organic grapes, picked by hand, wild-fermented and bottled unfiltered.